Apex Court to listen to petition on November fourteen seeking judicial probe on Morbi bridge collapse

The Supreme Court on Today aforesaid it might list for hearing on November fourteen a PIL seeking constitution of a judicial commission to probe the Morbi bridge collapse incident in Gujarat.

According to the most recent reports, the toll of death within the collapse of the British-era bridge on Sunday on the Machchhu watercourse in Morbi in Gujarat has gone up to 134 individuals.

You are terribly fast. What are your prayers, a bench comprising justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi aforesaid once professional Vishal Tiwari mentioned his PIL on the problem for imperative hearing.

"I am seeking a judicial enquiry by a panel headed by a former Supreme Court choose," the attorney aforesaid.

The bench then Noted that the PIL would be listed for hearing on November fourteen.

Tiwari, in the PIL, aforesaid the accident resulting in the collapse of the bridge leading to quite 134 casualties, delineate the negligence and utter failure of state authorities.

From the past decade, numerous incidents have taken place in our country whereby because of the direction, lapse in duty, negligent maintenance activities, there are cases of big public casualties that might are avoided, the PIL Noted.

The quite a century-old bridge on the Machchhu stream in Morbi, situated around three hundred metric linear unit from the capital Gandhinagar, had reopened 5 days past when intensive repairs and renovation.

It was filled with individuals once it folded around 6.30 pm on Sunday.

The total deaths within the bridge collapse incident has gone up to 134, a senior Cop Informed.